Ruatuna-Pukeruru

Since December 2015 the Ruatuna-Pukeruru Care Group has been monitoring a network of DoC 200 traps and bait stations controlling stoat, weasel and rat numbers, to protect the wetland, bush and shore birdlife. Having removed a lot of wattle and privet, the group has planted out hundreds of native shrubs.

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There are Fernbird and Banded Rail in the wetlands, a number of different lowland bush birds, including a small population of North Island Brown Kiwi, and many different shorebirds. Grey-Faced Petrels are trying to re-establish nesting burrows on the forested bluff.

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Contact:

Victoria

Phone: 021 073 5261